CEAS Essential Employee Virtual Credentials Are Here
18-Jan-2023 PR NEWSWIRE The Business Network of Emergency Resources (BNET), America’s largest crisis access and recovery solutions provider, is pleased to announce new enhancements to its innovative Corporate Emergency Access System (CEAS.) CEAS is an essential employee identification solution that partners business and government to streamline access and travel management during times of crisis. “The…
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Amid the surging COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, there was a marked change in how events unfolded, mainly how the government and the private sector viewed and managed the event.
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“CEAS, in its most basic form, creates a centralized registry of essential workers that uses a common credential that enforcement officials can use to certify an individual as an essential worker. BNET always has its sights set on continuous improvement to CEAS, and bringing a smartphone-based, just-in-time solution to the program has been one of our top objectives,” said BNET President and CEO Peter Picarillo.
Read MoreEmergency Management and Business Partnerships Are Now More Important Than Ever
By Peter Picarillo, President & Chief Executive Officer, Business Network of Emergency Resources, Inc (BNET). (Published Jan 2024 IAEM Bulletin) Connecting and maintaining partnership with the private sector business community can be challenging for emergency managers. Though we’ve seen great strides in recent years, more needs to be done to sustain this vital partnership. Before the…
Read MoreBNET Offers Emergency Reentry Solution in Response to Maui Disaster Recovery
FULTON, N.Y., Sept. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — BNET offers emergency reentry, now with interoperability between CEAS jurisdictional programs. This allows essential employees to be recognized and given immediate access for post-disaster reentry. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bnet-offers-emergency-reentry-solution-in-response-to-maui-disaster-recovery-301929272.html
Read MoreHurricane Lee 9/13/2023- Corporate Emergency Access System (CEAS)
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Read MoreBNET Announces New Board Members Scott Derby and Greg F. Dawe
FULTON, NY, November 16, 2020 (PRNewswire) – The Business Network of Emergency Resources, Inc. (BNET), is happy to announce two new members to its Board of Directors. Both new members have extensive business careers and add valuable corporate security and public safety experience to the Board. “We are confident that our new members will bring…
Read MoreCEAS JUST-IN-TIME Placards for Enhanced Access Control
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Business Network of Emergency Resources is pleased to announce an enhancement to its Corporate Emergency Access System (CEAS) that will allow program participants to self-print identification placards. The new CEAS placard document provides a just-in-time alternative to ordering, printing, and shipping physical access cards. Coordinators can easily select…
Read MoreThe Case for CEAS: Solving the Dilemma of Post-Disaster Access Control
One of the quintessential issues that rises to the surface after every significant disaster is that of post-event access. How do we overcome the obstacles of getting critical, private sector people into an area that has been evacuated and cordoned off to the general public? How can we get needed supplies and service providers to…
Read MoreCredentialing Private-Sector Emergency Workers
Recognizing that the personnel who need to get around during emergencies and recovery operations extends beyond those with government or medical badges, the Business Network of Emergency Resources (BNET) developed the Corporate Emergency Access System (CEAS) to make it easier for law enforcement officials to verify that someone claiming to be essential company personnel is in fact essential.
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